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Discussion in 'Southampton' started by RAZZYBOY97, Aug 13, 2012.

  1. RAZZYBOY97

    RAZZYBOY97 Member

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  2. tomw24

    tomw24 Well-Known Member
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    I think it is, it happened before with Fowler. They'll probably go for Owen next!
     
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  3. Joe!

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    £90 a week? No, no way. Non-league players earn more than that.
     
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    honestly why even bother offering that amount
     
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  5. Schneiderlin's Foxy Face

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    There are street-cleaners who illegally immigrated here from Djibouti who earn more than that.
     
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  6. AlanSFC

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    Offering a player that much a week is more of a disgrace than "tapping" up a player.
     
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    AlanSFC, Aug 13, 2012
  7. Qwerty

    Qwerty Well-Known Member

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    It's real, kind of. £90 a week is the minimum allowed in a contract (not sure if this is by FA or UK employment laws), so it's basically the equivalent of offering £0. Except unsurprisingly the headline is misleading as the deal would obviously include 99 clauses about appearances etc, so he would not take home £90 a week. There was a similar story with Blackpool and Bojan Djordjic (link), later confirmed to be untrue as he earned about £190,000 a year.
     
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  8. Jose Fonte baby

    Jose Fonte baby Well-Known Member

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    I read it as 90k a week <doh>, both 90k and £90 a week is ridiculous.
     
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    Jose Fonte baby, Aug 13, 2012
  9. Saints Fan4Life

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    I'm sure our youth players are on the same, if not more

    It's defintely real, and as someone said, they tried it with Fowler a year or two ago
     
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    Saints Fan4Life, Aug 13, 2012

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